Technical Recruiter
Prelim
San Francisco, CA · $120k–$130k a year · Posted November 6, 2026
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Where San Francisco, CA ranks
Where San Francisco, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for security jobs316 openings · of 20
- #1Best cities for technology jobs7,178 openings · of 100
- #1Best cities for financial services pay after cost of living$173k · of 33
- #1Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills35% · of 100
- #1Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the West Coast35% · of 54
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the West Coast902 jobs · of 47
Rankings about human resources jobs
- Best cities for HR jobs #1 New York (994 openings)
- Best cities for HR pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($158k)
- Most requested AI skills in HR jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (5.7%)
- Employers with the most HR jobs #1 Amazon (291 roles)
Human Resources jobs · Top Human Resources employers · All rankings
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $125,000 a year. Across 76 open technical recruiter listings that state pay, the middle half runs $95,500 to $156,000 and the median is $127,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 2% below the median.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among human resources specialists, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for human resources specialists: 40% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
Prelim is hiring our first dedicated recruiter. We're a profitable, remote-first company doubling revenue year over year, and hiring is now the constraint on growth. You'll learn to run full-cycle recruiting across engineering, sales, and implementations, trained by the...